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Reconstitution of Peptidoglycan Cross-Linking Leads to Improved Fluorescent Probes of Cell Wall Synthesis.

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Title: Reconstitution of Peptidoglycan Cross-Linking Leads to Improved Fluorescent Probes of Cell Wall Synthesis.
Authors: Lebar, Matthew D.1, May, Janine M.1, Meeske, Alexander J.2, Leiman, Sara A.3, Lupoli, Tania J.1,2, Hirokazu Tsukamoto1, Losick, Richard3, Rudner, David Z.2, Walker, Suzanne2 suzanne_walker@hms.harvard.edu, Kahne, Daniel1 kahne@chemistry.harvard.edu
Source: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 8/6/2014, Vol. 136 Issue 31, p10874-10877. 4p. 1 Black and White Photograph, 1 Diagram, 2 Graphs.
Subjects: Peptidoglycans, Gram-positive bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria, Penicillin-binding proteins, Carboxamides
Abstract: The peptidoglycan precursor, Lipid II, produced in the model Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis differs from Lipid II found in Gram-negative bacteria such as Escherichia coli by a single amidation on the peptide side chain. How this difference affects the cross-linking activity of penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) that assemble peptidoglycan in cells has not been investigated because B. subtilis Lipid II was not previously available. Here we report the synthesis of B. subtilis Lipid II and its use by purified B. subtilis PBP1 and E. coli PBP1A. While enzymes from both organisms assembled B. subtilis Lipid II into glycan strands, only the B. subtilis enzyme cross-linked the strands. Furthermore, B. subtilis PBP1 catalyzed the exchange of both d-amino acids and d-amino carboxamides into nascent peptidoglycan, but the E. coli enzyme only exchanged d-amino acids. We exploited these observations to design a fluorescent d-amino carboxamide probe to label B. subtilis PG in vivo and found that this probe labels the cell wall dramatically better than existing reagents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:The peptidoglycan precursor, Lipid II, produced in the model Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis differs from Lipid II found in Gram-negative bacteria such as Escherichia coli by a single amidation on the peptide side chain. How this difference affects the cross-linking activity of penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) that assemble peptidoglycan in cells has not been investigated because B. subtilis Lipid II was not previously available. Here we report the synthesis of B. subtilis Lipid II and its use by purified B. subtilis PBP1 and E. coli PBP1A. While enzymes from both organisms assembled B. subtilis Lipid II into glycan strands, only the B. subtilis enzyme cross-linked the strands. Furthermore, B. subtilis PBP1 catalyzed the exchange of both d-amino acids and d-amino carboxamides into nascent peptidoglycan, but the E. coli enzyme only exchanged d-amino acids. We exploited these observations to design a fluorescent d-amino carboxamide probe to label B. subtilis PG in vivo and found that this probe labels the cell wall dramatically better than existing reagents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:00027863
DOI:10.1021/ja505668f